This is an analysis of the poem Why Are There Complaints? that begins with:
I don't understand!
Aren't we living the lives folks demand? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA aXXbbbXcXXcdddXbbbbab AAaXXXbaXdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,21,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 1011001101 111010 1110001 11111011 1111001010 0101 1101101 1110101 111010101101 0010101 11011 1101010101011001 0111111010 101101 11010110110001010 0100100100 1010010100011010 1 101011010 110010010010101 110101001001011 1110110001001100 11101 1011001101 1111010101 1 11 10111001 11110101100101 101 0100010100100 11101001000101 110111001100 010001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
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- summary of Why Are There Complaints?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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